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TROPICAL DEPRESSION TWELVE INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER   2A
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
8 PM AST SAT OCT 06 2001

...TROPICAL DEPRESSION NEARING TROPICAL STORM STRENGTH...

A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR BARBADOS.
 
AT 8 PM AST...2100Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION TWELVE WAS 
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 11.0 NORTH...LONGITUDE  53.24 WEST OR ABOUT 
450 MILES...720 KM...EAST-SOUTHEAST OF BARBADOS IN THE WINDWARD 
ISLANDS.
 
THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 15 MPH ...24
KM/HR...AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DURING THE
NEXT 24 HOURS.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  35 MPH... 55 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  THE DEPRESSION IS FORECAST TO STRENGTHEN TO A TROPICAL STORM 
TONIGHT.
 
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1005 MB...29.69 INCHES.
 
INTERESTS IN THE LESSER ANTILLES SHOULD MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF THIS 
SYSTEM.
 
REPEATING THE 8 PM AST POSITION...11.0 N... 53.2 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NEAR 15 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 35 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1005 MB.
 
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...PLEASE MONITOR
PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
CENTER AT 11 PM AST.

FORECASTER LAWRENCE
 
 
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